David Peacock

President, Asia Pacific, Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

David Peacock is currently President, Global Vaccines for MSD. Prior to this appointment, Mr Peacock served in several senior leadership roles at MSD, including President for MSD Asia Pacific, Managing Director for MSD in the UK & Ireland and Chief of Staff for the Office of the Chairman, President and CEO of Merck & Co., Inc. He has also held roles including Chief Financial Officer for MSD in Japan, Managing Director of MSD in Hong Kong & Macau, and commercial roles based in Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and the United States.

Mr Peacock has also served on the Board of Directors for the US-ASEAN Business Council and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. Earlier in his career he worked for Bain & Co, based in Australia, and co-founded NUUN & Co.

He received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, completed course work at the London School of Economics and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois.